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two entrances of the largest cave, and D by 



another. The other two I guarded by some of the 

 villagers wiio were armed with matclilocks, and I 

 despatched half-a-dozen others to different elevated 

 peaks, from which they could survey all the sur- 

 rounding country. 



When all were in their places I went with Goo- 

 gooloo to the MuUiarry, who was watching the two 

 bears, and he pointed them out to me in the same 

 place we had first seen them. 



Accompanied by Googooloo, carrying my second 

 gun, (an eight smooth-bore,) I stole down the hill 

 as gently as I could, making for a large rock which 

 appeared to me to be within a short distance of the 

 place where I had seen the bears. 



I was some time before I could make my way to 

 it, as the bush and underwood were thick, and we 

 had to make our way through dense masses of en- 

 tangled creepers. At last we gained the rock, and 

 Googooloo's quick eye soon discovered our friends 

 still hard at work scraping up the earth of the ant- 

 hill. 



We stole gently up, seeking the cover of rocks 

 and bushes, until I got within fifteen paces of them, 

 still undiscovered. Watching their movements until 

 I got a fair opportunity, I planted a rifle-ball be- 

 hind the shoulder of one, which rolled over and 

 over on the ground in the agonies of death, and 

 then gave the other the contents of my second 

 barrel, which took effect about the small ribs. 



